08/27/2008 - Kansas City, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Chiefs have released kicker Jay Feely, ending his stint with Kansas City after only two days of practice.
Feely was released by the Miami Dolphins earlier this month after losing his job to rookie free agent Dan Carpenter. He signed a one-year deal with the Chiefs on Monday but, after only two days trying out against kickers Nick Novak and Connor Barth, the club cut Feely loose prior to its preseason finale against the St. Louis Rams on Thursday.
"We're shocked, baffled, disappointed," Feely's agent, Glenn Schwartzman, told the Kansas City Star.
"While no one promised him the job, we were under the impression he would be given a better opportunity to win it. If they're going to base it off two days of kicking, they probably shouldn't have signed him. It makes no sense to make a decision about Jay without letting him kick in the preseason game," Schwartzman told the Star.
"Had we known he wasn't even going to get that chance, we never would have signed with the Chiefs."
In his lone season with the Dolphins, Feely connected on 21-of-23 field goal tries to set a team record with a 91.3 percent accuracy rate. He also drilled each of his 26 point-after touchdown attempts during Miami's disastrous 1-15 season.
Feely signed a three-year deal with Miami in March of 2007 after spending two years with the New York Giants. He played his first four NFL seasons with the Atlanta Falcons.
In 112 games, the Michigan product has made 80.8 percent of his field goal attempts and all but two of his 251 point-after tries.
<< Blue Jays try to solve Tampa's Garza
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Toronto has had little luck offensively when facing Tampa
Bay's Matt Garza this year. The Blue Jays will try to plate some runs against
the Rays young gun tonight in the middle portion of three-game series at
Trop
<< Report: DE Harvey ends holdout, signs with Jaguars
Jacksonville, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Defensive end Derrick Harvey has
reportedly ended his 33-day holdout, and has agreed to a deal with the
Jacksonville Jaguars that could be worth more than $33 million. Harvey was the
last ro
<< Report: Red Sox close to getting Kotsay from Braves
Atlanta, GA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Boston Red Sox are reportedly close to a
deal that will land outfielder Mark Kotsay from the Atlanta Braves.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Wednesday that the Braves will
continue the
<< Cardinals place OF Barton on DL
St. Louis, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The St. Louis Cardinals placed outfielder
Brian Barton on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday, retroactive to Monday, with
a strained right oblique.
In 69 games this season, the rookie Barton is hitting .26
White Sox, O's close set in Baltimore >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Right-hander Radhames Liz makes his second start since
returning from a stint in the minors tonight when the Baltimore Orioles
entertain the visiting Chicago White Sox in the finale of a three-game series
at Camden Yards.
Phils try to extend NL East lead over Mets >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Phillies' rally last year to overtake the Mets for the
National League East crown was pretty impressive. Last night's comeback to
recapture first place in the division wasn't too bad either.
After rallying from
With backs to the wall, Yanks continue battle with BoSox >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - With their chances for a 14th straight postseason
appearance dwindling by the day, the New York Yankees turn to Sidney Ponson to
right their ship tonight in the second test of a critical three-game series
with th
Twins turn to Perkins in finale with Mariners >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Glen Perkins has played a big part in the second-half
resurgence of the Minnesota Twins. Now the rookie pitcher will be asked to
play the role of stopper when his team wraps up a three-game series with the
Seattle Mariners th
Trash talk has a place in every competitive endeavor (except baseball; those stirrup-wearers are too busy chewing on their sunflower seeds and their “supplements” to worry about what their opponents are doing).
Fantasy sports is no exception. Any intelligent discussion of the subject would probably start with a thesis statement or a definition of terms. Thankfully, this won’t be an intelligent discussion.
Let me just say that I am happy to take a place in this space alongside my talented colleagues, even our commissioner. (You should see how she bleats like a demented paper boy about league fees on our fantasy site).
Trash talking, I would argue, is primarily about amusing your friends, their sheeplike demeanors and sloping foreheads notwithstanding. The best place I have found for football trash talking is at www.SportsAlarm.com.
Beyond the entertainment factor, though, I would recognize that the sophomoric ritual has one advantage, when properly applied. It magnifies your fantasy triumphs and mitigates your fantasy failures by transforming the eventual point total into an afterthought. Winning makes it seem like your opponent really is a “truss-owning, lapel-pin-wearing nitwit.” And in defeat, trash talk can be the air bag to break the fall from your hyperbolic heights. “The plug-necked yahoos on your team,” you can say, “will be sacking groceries by the end of the season.”
The best trash talk, in my view, is layered and nuanced. And it doesn’t focus only on your opponent’s team. It picks apart your opponent. The idea is to create a shock-and-awe-scale blizzard of nonsense, and the goal is to make your opponent drop his hands from his keyboard in exasperation.
What team does your opponent root for? Accuse a Giants fan of having a Joe Namath pillowcase. Where’s your opponent from? Give a look of concern no matter his reply, then say, “I’ll try to type slower for you next time.” Is your opponent into politics? Label everyone a tax-and-spend corporate shill.
Cap all that with a liberal application of irrelevance. For instance, don’t just conclude by saying your opponent is a “twerp who drafts like my grandmother.” Say that your opponent is a “sweater-wearing, eyebrow-plucking twerp who drafts his team about as well as Zsa Zsa Gabor gave acceptance speeches at the Oscars.” By the time your foe makes sense of that, his starting running back will have had puppies.
But what about you? Hmm? Recall a memorable slam? Have a tried-and-true technique? Know someone who seems impervious to insult? Take a moment and tells us about it. Put together some (fit-for-publication) thoughts. You won’t be too busy returning phone messages from your friends, I’m sure, to reply.
In addition to the trash talking, the Sports Alarm has a huge gallery of high resolution pictures of beautiful women and models in bikinis. The most popular models are: Lindsay Lohan, Carrie Underwood, Alessandra Ambrosio, and Paris Hilton.
Brandon Roy Favorite to Win 2007 NBA Rookie of the Year
Portland TrailBlazer’s guard, Brandon Roy, is MySportsbook.com’s overwhelming favorite to win the NBA Rookie of the Year odds.
Despite missing 20 games due to an injury earlier this season, Roy has definitely put up the best numbers of his 1st year peers. In 32 games, Roy is averaging 15.3 PPG, 4.2 boards and 3.5 assists in over 33 minutes of play per game. While most rookies breakdown as the season progresses (see Morrison), Roy is only getting stronger as his playing time and scoring average has increased each month.
With 30 or so games left in the regular season, Roy isn’t a lock for the award by any means. Other rookies are putting together some pretty impressive campaigns and a few could give Roy a run for the award with increased playing time. Heading the list is first pick, Andrea Bargnani of the Toronto Raptors. Even though he has started only two games all season, Bargnani is averaging 10.3 PPPG while shooting 35% from deep.
Randy Foye of the Minnesota Timberwolves could be set to give Roy the best competition NBA Rookie of the Year betting lines. With the benching of Mike James, Foye looks like he could be the starter in the T-Wolves backcourt for the rest of the season. So far, Foye has averaged 9 PPG and 2.4 assists in just under 21 minutes per game. With his new role of starter, Foye’s numbers will definitely increase. In his first game as the new starting guard this past Sunday, Foye had 10 points; five rebounds and 8 assists. More importantly, he logged 34 minutes of playing time; his third highest run of the season.
Adam Morrison, of the Charlotte Bobcats, was the favorite early on in the season after averaging 15+ PPG through the first month of the season. Ever since his torrid start, Morrison’s point production has declined each month. This really isn’t surprising, considering at 6’8” he only weighs 205 lbs. Obviously he will need to hit the weights big time during the off-season in order to keep from breaking down in the future.
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